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Census Tract 55, Shelby, TN

2,424 Population
1.3 square miles 1,871.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.1 ±8.2 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Memphis: 34.3 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Shelby County: 35.8 ±0.1

Economics

$14,787 ±$3,270 Per capita income
  • about half the amount in Memphis: $32,314 ±$912
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Shelby County: $37,666 ±$731
$27,135 ±$16,926 Median household income
  • about half the amount in Memphis: $51,211 ±$1,111
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Shelby County: $62,337 ±$1,088

52.2% ±21.4% (1,253  ±557) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in Memphis: 22.5% 138,498 (±1% / ±6,418)
  • more than double the rate in Shelby County: 17.5% 158,883 (±0.8% / ±6,796)

25.9 minutes ±3.5 (19,115  ±6,035) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Memphis: 21.3 5,477,310 (±0.3 / ±114,199)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Shelby County: 22.5 8,580,585 (±0.3 / ±138,790)

Families

933 ±175 Number of households
  • Memphis: 254,530 ±1,697
  • Shelby County: 360,590 ±1,611
2.6 ±0.7 (2,419  ±411) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Memphis: 2.4 615,773 (±0 / ±164)
  • a little higher than the figure in Shelby County: 2.5 907,192 (±0 / ±154)

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

1,315 ±167 Number of housing units
  • Memphis: 292,290 ±1,373
  • Shelby County: 403,144 ±152

$57,300 ±$11,001 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about one-third of the amount in Memphis: $157,100 ±$5,189
  • about one-quarter of the amount in Shelby County: $229,700 ±$3,570

3% ±2.6% (72  ±63.8) Moved since previous year
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Memphis: 13.8% 85,507 (±0.8% / ±4,985)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Shelby County: 12.8% 116,730 (±0.7% / ±6,095.5)

Social

76% ±7.1% (1,278  ±244.5) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Memphis: 87.4% 360,137 (±1.2% / ±5,062.3)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Shelby County: 89.8% 545,148 (±1% / ±6,024.3)
3.8% ±4.1% (64  ±69.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Memphis: 28.2% 116,107 (±0.7% / ±3,034.3)
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Shelby County: 34.2% 207,531 (±0.7% / ±3,924.6)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

0.7% ±1.1% (17  ±26) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Memphis: 7.4% 46,574 (±0.4% / ±2,199)
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Shelby County: 7.6% 69,652

7.4% ±4% (138  ±78) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Memphis: 5.6% 26,212 (±0.3% / ±1,314)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Shelby County: 6.3% 43,134 (±0.3% / ±1,848)
138 Total veterans ±78 88 Male ±67 50 Female ±36

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